Sunday, January 6, 2013

Gun Grabbers Active in Vermont

Gun grabbers are pushing their fascist tyranny in the Green Mountains. The Burlington City Council plans to vote on a charter change on Monday which, if approved by voters and the legislature, would ban semi-auto weapons and magazines holding more than 10 rounds in Burlington, and would allow the police to confiscate them. I sent the following message off to every member of that council:

If Burlington should pursue the proposed gun ban any further, I shall never
give your city another penny of business. I am not the only person with this
opinion by any stretch either.

The U.S. Supreme Court in D.C. v
Heller has declared any arm in common use at the present time is protected by
the Second Amendment. The arms this proposal would ban are among the most
popular firearms in this country. This gun ban is unenforceable and
unconstitutional. Anyone who votes for it is unworthy to hold any office in our
Republic. I suggest you instead try to ban hammers, as more people are killed
each year with hammers than by rifles of any kind (FBI statistics). Moreover,
following the advice of Henry David Thoreau who pointed out that disobedience is
the foundation of liberty, when driving up route 7, I shall continue to carry my
9mm pistol with its standard 12 round capacity magazines. I will not obey
fascist nonsense.

That's not all. Barre Mayor Lauzon is trying to get a gun show to restrict so-called "assault weapons" and he wants plainclothes police to stop sales outside of the shows between private sellers. I had the following interesting exchange with him:

To:

tlauzon@charter.net

You are. Ask Rutland how well it went when they tried to cause problems for
gunowners some years ago. They lost the lawsuit. More people are killed each
year by hammers and clubs than rifles. Go down to New Jersey if you hate freedom
so much.

Title 24: Municipal and County Government

Chapter 61: REGULATORY PROVISIONS; POLICE POWER OF
MUNICIPALITIES

§ 2295. Authority of
municipal and county governments to regulate firearms, ammunition,
hunting, fishing and
trapping

Except as otherwise
provided by law, no town, city or incorporated village, by ordinance, resolution
or other enactment, shall directly regulate hunting, fishing and trapping or the
possession, ownership, transportation, transfer, sale, purchase, carrying,
licensing or registration of traps, firearms, ammunition or components of
firearms or ammunition. This section shall not limit the powers conferred upon a
town, city or incorporated village under section 2291(8) of this title. The
provisions of this section shall supersede any inconsistent provisions of a
municipal charter. (Added 1987, No. 178 (Adj. Sess.), eff. May 9, 1988.)

Section 2291(8): (8) To regulate or
prohibit the use or discharge, but not possession of, firearms within the
municipality or specified portions thereof, provided that an ordinance adopted
under this subdivision shall be consistent with section 2295 of this title and
shall not prohibit, reduce, or limit discharge at any existing sport shooting
range, as that term is defined in 10 V.S.A. §
5227.

--- On Sat, 1/5/13, tlauzon@charter.net
wrote:

From:
tlauzon@charter.net

Subject: Re: so-called
assault weapons

To: "XXX>

Date:
Saturday, January 5, 2013, 8:09 AM

You're wrong.

From: XXX>

Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 15:30:54 -0800 (PST)

To:

Subject: so-called assault weapons

I have noted from a story on
WCAX that you have chosen to politicize a tragedy to push the anti-freedom
agenda of the gun grabbers. I sometimes go through Barre on my way to hunt and
fish. I can promise you I will never give anyplace in Barre another dime of my
money until you are thrown out of office by the voters of that city. I will also
remind you that contrary to your beliefs, you have zero authority to regulate,
restrict or in any other way discourage the sale or display of guns. Towns and
cities may merely prohibit the discharge of firearms by ordinance. You can
be certain your city will face lawsuits if you attempt to cause any trouble for
legal gun owners.